SOLUTION: How do you graph y=-7x

Question 591783: How do you graph y=-7x
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Looking at we can see that the equation is in slope-intercept form where the slope is and the y-intercept is note: really looks like

Since this tells us that the y-intercept is

.Remember the y-intercept is the point where the graph intersects with the y-axis

So we have one point

Now since the slope is comprised of the "rise" over the "run" this means

Also, because the slope is , this means:

which shows us that the rise is -7 and the run is 1. This means that to go from point to point, we can go down 7 and over 1

So starting at

, go down 7 units

and to the right 1 unit to get to the next point

Now draw a line through these points to graph

So this is the graph of through the points

and

RELATED QUESTIONS
how do you graph this.... y= -7x + 14 (answered by ichudov,KelsA)

how do I graph... (answered by Fombitz)

how do you substitute y=7x... (answered by jim_thompson5910)

How do you solve these equations... (answered by solver91311)

How do you solve y+7x=11; x=-1,0,2? (answered by Alan3354)

How do you graph... (answered by glabow)

how do you graph... (answered by Earlsdon)

how do you graph... (answered by stanbon)

how do you graph... (answered by elima)